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Synonyms for haphazard
hæpˈhæz ərd; ˈhæpˌhæz-hap·haz·ard
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Wiktionary
haphazardadjective
Antonyms:
systematichaphazardadjective
Do not make such haphazard changes to the settings; instead, adjust the knobs carefully, a bit at a time.
Antonyms:
systematic
Princeton's WordNet
haphazard, hit-or-missadjective
dependent upon or characterized by chance
"a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"
Synonyms:
sloppy, slipshod, slapdash, hit-or-misshaphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppyadverb
marked by great carelessness
"a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"
Synonyms:
miry, waterlogged, mucky, loose-fitting, baggy, sloughy, sloppy, swampy, marshy, squashy, hit-or-miss, slapdash, soggy, slipshod, quaggy, overemotional, boggy, muddyhaphazard, haphazardlyadverb
without care; in a slapdash manner
"the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard"
Synonyms:
every which way, randomly, indiscriminately, willy-nilly, arbitrarily, at random, haphazardly
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "haphazard":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1866 | random | |
#11860 | randomly | |
#18321 | muddy | |
#22327 | sloppy | |
#24981 | arbitrarily | |
#34500 | disordered | |
#39319 | disorderly | |
#43640 | baggy | |
#47599 | indiscriminate | |
#50150 | soggy | |
#58851 | haphazard | |
#61162 | indiscriminately | |
#68626 | swampy | |
#82742 | anarchic | |
#86253 | marshy | |
#87608 | boggy | |
#88131 | haphazardly | |
#93638 | mucky | |
#95066 | waterlogged | |
#163199 | slapdash | |
#194281 | slipshod | |
#279591 | miry |
How to use haphazard in a sentence?
The news that criminal charges have apparently been filed against Julian Assange is even more troubling than the haphazard manner in which that information has been revealed, the government bringing criminal charges against someone for publishing truthful information is a dangerous path for a democracy to take.
It's hard from the outside to prescribe exactly how a company should organize itself but the consultants clearly concluded that the haphazard way that twitter is organized ends up with siloed relationships between employees that slows things down and does not create incentives for people to come together and coalesce around a problem.
If I have learnt anything, it is that life forms no logical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return?
What gives us pause about this attack is that while the others were haphazard and sloppy ... the size of this explosion suggests something more sophisticated, that would suggest organisation beyond a lone wolf cooking up something in their kitchen.
If I have learnt anything, it is that life forms no logical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return
Translations for haphazard
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- náhodnýCzech
- willkürlich, planlosGerman
- τυχαίοςGreek
- sin ton ni son, fortuito, inconsistente, casual, a su aireSpanish
- satunnainen, sattumanvarainen, umpimähkäinenFinnish
- aléatoire, désordonnéFrench
- neamhrialtaIrish
- neureiltManx
- összevissza, esetleges, véletlenszerű, ötletszerű, rendszertelenHungarian
- պատահական, խառըArmenian
- óskipulegur, tilviljunarkenndurIcelandic
- casualeItalian
- 行き当たりばったりJapanese
- fortuito tractusLatin
- willekeurig, ongeordend, chaotischDutch
- tilfeldigNorwegian
- chaotycznyPolish
- sem pé nem cabeça, aleatório, confuso, atabalhoadoPortuguese
- хаотичный, случайный, непостоянныйRussian
- toptan, kuturuAlbanian
- tillfälligSwedish
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